Powell: 1221 books

There are two kinds of Collected Poems, one of which presents an author's work exactly as it first appeared volume-by-volume. This is the other sort. Neil Powell has re-examined his poems of the past fifty years, arranging them as nearly as possible in chronological order of completion while adding...

Maisie is special. Yes, she is blind, yes she's an orphan and yes, few know her roots. But inside, she sparkles, more than an angel, more than those majestic stars that layer the universe in glory. Some see this sparkle while others deny its existence and insist she is nothing more than a brat, one...

An electrifying drama about what happens to personal identity in an age of ubiquitous technology and social media. John is a twenty-seven-year-old teacher 'who probably wasn't allowed to teach at an all-girls' school' and Mark is his sixteen-year-old 'Olympic porn-watching' pupil. A normal...

This delightfully entertaining story celebrating mom as the best one-woman show on Earth! This humorous story celebrates mom as the best one-woman show on earth as she juggles everything that goes on during the day—she's a ringmaster, a wild beast tamer, a magician, and sometimes a clown....

In a world ravished by evil, nothing is as it seems. The Darkness beckons to the soul conjuring lilting spells to lull the world and heavens with its discordant lullaby. Only light can conquer the darkness. Only death offers a glimmer of escape. Who will protect the protectors? Who will rise to defend The Realm?

Elsie McCracken, a teenage scion to her family's business empire, is fed up with being a quiet little girl. She wants to make a name for herself and do something wild. Along with her two best friends, Elsie engineers the abduction of Pop Star Jordan Rich, and the girls take him hostage in an...

The cult classic from the godfather of Cuban science fiction, Agustín de Rojas’s The Year 200 is both a visionary sci-fi masterwork and a bold political parable about the perils of state power. Centuries have passed since the Communist Federation defeated the capitalist Empire, but humanity...

Basado en la abundante documentación recientemente desclasificada —sobre todo americana— y en entrevistas personales con muchos de quienes participaron en las sucesivas negociaciones hispano-estadounidenses, este libro ofrece una interpretación novedosa de la evolución de las relaciones entre...

你怎樣看待音樂，決定你成為哪種人！ 哪些音樂具有實用性？歌詞如何造就人？ 我們為什麼深受樂句起伏的吸引和影響？ 如果《好音樂的科學》讓人重拾對音樂的熱愛 那麼《好音樂的科學II》藉由瞭解音樂的內涵 進一步深入剖析：為何你我那麼愛好音樂！ 《好音樂的科學》在本地博客來、誠品藝術分類榜上，締造了持續暢銷長達一年的佳績；為回應讀者的厚愛，現在有了這本續集的問世。我們希望藉由本書，帶領您深入更有趣的音樂世界；同時──學著用音樂，對自己好一點！ 這是寫給愛樂者的大腦科學，也是寫給認真聆樂者的音樂心理學+實用社會學。 人們喜愛音樂的原因之一，就是音樂能給予大腦適度的刺激，並同時產生愉悅的感受。以科普作家的妙喻來說，音樂「不過就是大腦的健身房罷了」。當然，音樂遠不只是能讓大腦維持良好狀態而已，更是一種強大的情緒興奮劑。 ◤音樂是良藥→→振作並集中精神╳轉移厭煩的情緒╳使某情境意義更深刻╳凝聚人心╳紓解壓力 ◎我們的大腦如何將音樂轉化為情緒？ ♦腦幹反射：突然發生聲響時示警；而其他腦區負責剎車 ♦節奏誘導：心跳速率與外界合拍，欺騙大腦去感受情緒 ♦評價制約：將樂曲與愉快事物相連結，使人有美好印象 ♦情緒感染：在正面旋律或歌詞中，同時轉變為開心狀態 ♦視覺心像：白日夢讓人放鬆──腦海浮現風景和其他影像 ♦情節記憶：「親愛的，他們正在播我們的歌」的情緒效應 ♦音樂預期：由猜對或猜錯下面幾個音，感覺高興或激動 ◎平時，你喜歡哪種類型的音樂？ 沉思與複雜：古典樂、爵士樂、民謠和藍調。 激昂與叛逆：搖滾樂、另類音樂，還有重金屬樂。 樂觀與傳統：流行樂、電影配樂、宗教音樂和鄉村樂。 活力與節奏：饒舌歌、靈魂樂以及電子音樂。 藉由上列四大分類，能完整分析出你的人格特質、文字技巧、運動能力，甚至是政治立場；而經由選擇哪種類型的音樂，能有效「放大」或「降溫」你的情緒。 ◎流行樂也有大學問！讓不同類型的音樂進入生活，拓展你的音樂視野 諾貝爾文學獎得主巴布狄倫的歌詞，如何巧妙與曲調做出搭配？ 而他和歌手愛黛兒又如何掌握了「提前唱出歌詞」的絕佳效果？ 你知道嗎？你的音樂品味，透露了許多關於「你」這個人的訊息。對心理學家來說，只要一張你最愛的十大曲目清單在手，就能看出你是否外向、來自什麼樣的背景，甚至是年紀有多大。我們喜歡、討厭、或無感的樂曲不僅僅是妝點生活的背景音樂，實際上還塑造了我們的生活。 另外，由嚴肅的實用層面來看： ♦如果音樂是良藥，我們該怎麼自我治癒？ ♦為何我們都該試著去聽懂「古典音樂」這樣形式複雜的樂曲？ ♦如何跨足「原本沒有好感」的類型音樂，有效從中汲取養分？ ♦怎樣讀懂自身內在的節奏和旋律──從此敏銳聰明、充滿決策力！ ◎本書還收錄了更多，你從未聽聞的實用音樂小常識── ♁隨身攜帶任何一件樂器，就能讓人的吸引力倍增？ ♁音樂能治好人們的失眠，並且改變葡萄酒的味道？ ♁搖滾歌手巴瑞．曼尼洛的歌，可用來控制青少年？ ♁「莫扎特效應」與這位音樂天才本人沒什麼關係？ ♁地球上除了人類之外，只有鸚鵡能夠隨拍子起舞？ ♁在生活中，我們為何常被電影音樂的作曲者戲弄？ ◎本書特色 作者以原創且深入淺出的方式，充分整合了音樂相關的心理學與社會學領域數十年的相關研究；藉由音樂的各面向不同角度，探索各種多元可能──從音樂如何幫助嬰兒與母親聯繫、音樂如何改變葡萄酒的味道、或如何說服你在餐館花更多錢……。 本書將有效拓展你的眼界（還有耳力）；告訴你音樂是如何以各種各樣的方式，造就我們生而為人的諸般經驗感受。 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★愛樂人齊聚盛讚★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ 吳武璋...

There’s been an attempt on the president and vice president’s lives. The VP survives, but is a hunted man and the man they swore in is an imposter. Once again, Chase Newton is caught up in a whirlwind of political intrigue and high-octane drama which threatens to destroy this nation. With the...

Follow the lives of the victims, the criminals and the detectives trying to solve mysterious abductions of young vulnerable women. A story of illegal human cloning, drug manufacture and use by a global conglomerate. A multi-threaded crime story involving baby farming, adoption, and technology-based criminal activity. The first of the 'Dilemma' series to be released.

This powerful book tells the story of Anne Skorecki Levy, a Holocaust survivor who transformed the horrors of her childhood into a passionate mission to defeat the political menace of reputed neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. The first book to connect the prewar and wartime experiences...

The Lords of Heaven: 4th edition 2015The book cover has been changed, and the manuscript re-masteredGrace Turnbull, along with countless others, had been abducted from Earth and transported to a beautiful planet call Heaven. The planet wasn’t a place for Angels, the trusting, or the weak.There,...

Keita thought being a princess nothing but trouble even before the power-hungry Stygians took over the Spectra kingdoms. Standing up to the Stygians means confronting Jasper Smelt, a former friend who insists he wants to keep her safe. His pitch-black dungeon and fiery threats suggest otherwise. With...